Scutiger is a genus of fungi in the family Albatrellaceae,Scutiger from zipcodezoo.com which includes S. oregonensis, the fungus tuber.S. oregonensis at the Catalogue of Life, 2007Paulet, Traité Champ., Atlas 2: 122 (1793)
General characteristics Species in Scutiger are terrestrial, annual, and usually have simple, bright-colored, mesoporous hymenophores. The surface anoderm is variously decorated; the context is usually white, but rarely colored, and is fleshy to tough—rigid and fragile when dry. The hymenium is porous, can be white or colored, and has thin-walled tubes; The spores are smooth, or rarely echinulate and hyaline.
The surface of the pileus can be uneven, squamous, or rugose as in S. oregonensis or S. decurrens; or smooth and hispid-tomentose, as in S. hispidellus (synonymous with Jahnoporus hirtus, which was named for this quality.S. hispidellus at GBIF
Species list S. auriscalpium S. brasiliensis S. caeruleoporus S. cryptopus S. decurrens S. ellisii (synonymous with Albatrellus ellisii or greening goat's foot) S. hispidellus (synonymous with Jahnoporus hirtus) S. holocyaneus S. oregonensis S. subrubescens S. subsquamosus S. tuberosus
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